Apparel garment



April 7, 1931. T. WALSER 1,799,336

APPAREL GARMENT Filed May 22, 1930 Z/v MENTOR Therese Walser LMLALTTORNEY V or covered by the skirt.

Patented Apr. 7, 1931 means.

PATENT smea- UNETE STATES THERESE \VALSER, OF ST; LOUIS, MISSOURI,ASSIGNOR TO FOREST CITY MANUFACTUR- ING' COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS,MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI APPAREL GARMENT Application filedMay 22,

This invention relates generally to apparel garments and, moreparticularly, to a certain new and useful improvement in one-piece orcombination appareLgarmentsfQr sports and street wear of the type whichincludes a waist, a skirt, and bloomers, the latter concealed in In viewof the prevailing mode of slender hips and simple lines, the attachmentof the bloomers to the waist ofgarments of the type stated usuallyheretofore, so far as I am aware, creates a fullness over the hips wherefiat, slender lines are desired, detracting consequently from the fitand appearance of the garment. Such .a garment is also warm anduncomfortable over and around the hips by reason of the resulting doublethickness of material. Further, such garments of thistype, as heretoforeconstructed, are awkward in Wear, in; that they do' not yield readily tomovements of thebody and, finally, are somewhat expensive tomanufacture' and difficult to fit, especially for quantity production.

My present invention has hence. for its chief objects the provision of acombination apparel garment embodying features of design andconstruction which avoid the faults' enumerated abovethe provision'ofacom-. bination garment especially, though .notexclusively, adapted forsports and street wear, that is cool, comfortable, and easily dressedand undressed, and which may be inexpensively constructed, isparticularly easily fitted over the hips, and is generallyhighlysatisfactory for the purposes intended.

And with the above and other objects in view, my invention resides inthe novel features of form, construction, arrangement,

and combination of parts'hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaims. In the accompanying drawing," V Figure 1 is a front view of acombinatiom garment of my invention; v

Figure 2 is a broken rear view garment; j a Figure 3 is a broken sideview of the garment; and 5 I Figure 45 is a detail sectional-view of theof the 1930. Serial No. 454,57 1.

garment taken approximately along the line 44, Figure 2.

eferring'now more in detail and by reference characters to the drawing,which illus trates a preferredembodiment of my inventlon, the garmentincludes'a sleeveless waist A comprising preferably, aofrontpanel 1,

holes 5 in the panel 4. Arm holes 7 and a neck-opening 8, the latterpreferably for appearance, surrounded by a collar9, areprovidedincutting and constructingthe garment. Y

Conjoined by a transverse-seam a to and alongthe lower margin of thefront panel 1, the side front panels2, and the straps 3 of the waist A,is a depending front yoke or panel 10 disposed transversely the garmentand, corresponding in position to thefront' panel 10, but located at therear of the garment, is a companion or drop-seat transverse panel 11,stitched to which,as at I), along its upper margin and adapted to dependedgewisetherefrom, as best seen in Figure 14, is a fold-over belt orstrap. 12 extended lengthwise, as at 18, 14,, on each side of the panel11 in body-encircling direction and adapted hence to be brought aroundthe front of the garment and there detachably secured together, as bymeans of a suitable buckle 15 or like device attached to one of theends, as"

13, for adjustableco-operative engagement by the other end 14. i

The particular or lower button 6 at approximately the waist line of thewaist A is preferably taped, as at ,c, to the back panel 4-fordetachably' engaging abutton-hole 16 co-operativelylocated on the uppermargin of the panel 11 and adapted tobe concealed by the'fold-over, belt'12 when the drop-seat 11 is closed or attached to the Waist A of thegarment, as best seen in Figure 4:; and it is to be observed that therear waist-panels l, 4, are somewhat of greater length than the frontwaist panels 1, 2, and 3, for overlapping body-concealing relation bythe transverse panel 11, when the latter is in'raised or closedposition, as best seen in Figure 2, the rear panels 4, 4e, being to suchextent also stitched, as at (Z, to the front transverse panel 10, asshown.

At the opposite sides of the garment, the yokes or hip-panels 1.0, 11,are separate one from the other in the formation of plackets 17 overeach hip, the drop-seat or rear panel 11 being adapted for detachableconnection, as by means of suitable fastening elements or snaps 18, tothe front panel 10, and the panels and 11, when so connected, forming,as may be said, a band-panel encircling the body, out and fashioned insuch manner as to lay smooth and flat over and around the hips,conforming to the waist at its upper margin, having the requisitefullness to nevertheless fit snugly over the abdomen and buttocks, andhaving its lower margin, when so fitted on the body, disposed forsupporting therefrom the skirt proper B and the enclosed bloomers C ofthe garment, both of which, being attached or joined to the upperportion of the garment at a point disposed when on the body below thebulge or fullness of the hips, may be readily cut and fashioned to drapeor hang in easy, graceful lines, and, I might add, such as to largelyavoid the necessity of pleats or tucks in the garment, by reason ofwhich. as will be obvious, a considerable saving of material and laboris effected in the quantity production of the garment.

Further, by the structural employment of the transverse panels 10, 11, Iam enabled to construct the skirt proper B from a very simple patterncomprising a'front panel 19 and a rear panel 20 seamed or stitchedtogether longitudinally and at the sides of the garment, as at 21. Andthe bloomers C are similarly easily constructed froma pattern comprisingapair of companion sections or panels 22 having their margins disposedand stitched together, as at 23, 26, in approximately the longitudinalcenter of the garment to provide the crotch 2a and leg-encirclingmembers 25.

And in constructing the garment, the front transverse panel 10 ispermanently stitched at and along its lower margin to both therespective upper margins of the front skirtpanel 19 and the frontportions of the bloomer'panels 22, transversely the garment,

" as at 27, and, similarly, the rear transverse panel 11 at and alongits lower margin is permanently attached to both the respective uppermargins of the rear skirt-panel 20 and rear portions of thebloomer-panels 22,.transversely the garment, as at 28, the seams 27,

28, being preferably attractively bound with taping, as best seen inFigure 4E.

Preferably the bloomers are gathered by tucks 22 at the seams 27 and28to provide suitable fullness thereat, but it will be seen that verylittle gathering of the bloomers C is re quired and such gathering mayin the cheaper grade of garments, be wholly omitted.

It will be seen that, by connectingthebloomers C at the seams 27, 28, tothe over-part of the garment, a very considerable saving in material andlabor is effected and, further, the advantages gained by reason of theabsence of tucks and pleats in the skirt apply substantially also to thebloomers, so that the entire garment may thus be assembled by themanufacturer in a highly efficient and economical manner.

And for further ease in assembling the garment, I provide at the upperside margins of the bloomers C lateral cutouts 29 disposed opposite thehips, thereby enabling convenient construction of the plackets 17, whichare extended into the respective side skirt-seams 21 opposite thecut-outs 29 for providing an adequate opening of the drop-panel 11.

In use, a garment of my invention is dressed and undressed by simplyundoing the garment at the back of the waist A and opening the drop-seat11; and by my invention, I provide a one-piece or combination garment inwhich a waist and a skirt, the latter, in effect, substantially spacedfrom the waist, are conjoined or connected by horizontal or transversepanels adapted to fit over the hips, the skirt having concealed thereinand covering a pair of bloomers also conjoined or connected to thehip-panels and likewise spaced from the waist, and one of the hip-panelsbeing arranged as a drop-seat for both the skirt and the bloomers.Particularly I desire to point out the advantages of the hip-panelconstruction, and the cut-outs 29, provided where the bloomers join thesides of the garment, as I have fully hereinbefore set forth.

It will be seen that my new garment accomplishes its objects in a neat,comfortable, economical, and highly effective manner, as has been setforth from time to time as the description has proceeded, and it is tobe also understood that changcs and modifications in the form,construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of thegarment may be made and substituted for those herein shown anddescribedwithout departing from the nature and principle of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byletters patent is 1. In a one-piece garment, a waist, a skirt spacedfrom the waist, and a pair of companion panels adapted to fittransversely around the body at the hips, one of said panels joining thewaist and the skirt and the other of said panels being arranged as adrop-seat.

2. In a one-piece garment, a Waist, a skirt spaced from thewaist,-bloo1ners disposed of said panels providing a drop-seat for thebloomers.

4. In a one-piece garment, a waist, a skirt spaced from the waist,companion panels adapted to fit transversely around the body at thehips, one of said panels joining the waist and the skirt, and-bloomersjoined to said panels at the lower margins thereof, the other of saidpanels providing a drop-seat for the bloomers, said bloomers havingplacket cut-outs at the sides of the garment.

5. In a one-piece garment, companion panels adapted to fit transverselyaround the body at the hips, a waist joined to the upper margin of oneof said panels, and a skirt joined to the lower margins of both saidpanels, said panels being divided by plackets at the hips.

6. In a one-piece garment, companion panels adapted to fit transverselyaround the body at the hips, a waist joined to the upper margin of oneof said panels, a skirt joined 'to the lower margins of both saidpanels,

and bloomers joined also to the lower margins of both thepanels anddisposed within the skirt.

7 In a one-piece garment, companion panels adapted to fit transverselyaround the body at the hips, a waist joined to'the upper margin of oneof said panels, a skirt joined to j the lower margins ofboth saidpanels, bloomers joined also to the lower'marg'ins of both the panels,said bloomers having placket cutfastening means for detachably securingsaid drop-seat to the waist, and a body-encircling belt conjoined to theupper margin of said drop seat panel and foldable downwardly thereoverfor concealing said fastening means.

10. A one-piece garment comprising, in combination, a waist, a skirt,bloomers disposed within the skirt, and companion substantiallyhorizontal panels conjoined to the waist, skirt, and bloomers forfitting transversely around and over the fullness of the hips, saidskirt and said bloomers being spaced from the waist and supported bysaid panels below said fullness of the hips, said panels being dividedby plackets at the hips to provide a drop-seat at the rear of the garment. 7 a

11. In a one-piece garment, a waist, a skirt conjoined to the waist andbloomers conjoined to the skirt in spaced relation to the waist, aportion of the skirt beingarranged as a drop-seat.

i In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

THERESE WALSER.

outs at the sides of the garment and said panels being divided byplackets at the hips opposite said placket cut-outs;

8. In a one-piece garment, a waist, a skirt spaced from the Waist,bloomers disposed within the skirt, a pairof panels adapted to fittransversely around the body at the hips, one of said panels joining thewaist and the skirt and bloomers and the other panel providing adrop-seat for the skirt and bloomers, and a body-encircling beltconjoined to V the upper margin of the drop-seat panel.

9. In a one-piece garment, a waist, a skirt spaced from the waist,bloomers disposed within the skirt, a pair of panels adapted to fittransversely around the body at the hips, one of said panels joining thewaist and the skirt and bloomers and the other panel pro viding adrop-seat for the skirt and bloomers,

